Billy J. Wright is a storyboard artist and cartoonist living in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from the Savannah College of Art & Design-Atlanta in 2014 with a B.F.A. in Sequential Art and a minor in Animation, Billy did some work as a comic strip artist for a theatrical company before turning their attention to animation. He is presently working as a storyboard artist for a children's web series.
Much like the classic cartoons of Hanna-Barbera, Disney, and Warner Brothers that he grew up watching, Billy has an interest in stories with anthropomorphic characters. His personal work consists of light humor that will tackle series subjects while also having hopeful content. Presently Billy is developing and moving towards more religious/faith based content.
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BILLY'S STORY
Billy J. Wright always loved drawing, but it wasn't until Billy was 13 years old when he started drawing and writing his own comics. His stories primarily focused on super hero characters. And the more that he created these stories, the more Billy realized that this is what he wanted to do with his life. It would eventually lead him to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA in 2008, where he majored in Sequential Art. His dream was to work with a comic book company such as DC Comics or Marvel, but that dream was going to change.
Billy was introduced to independent publishing at SCAD Atlanta, and that allowed him to explore that prospect with the creation of two comics that would both turn into comic book series that he continues to create today, THE VAMPIRE MOUSE and GARY THE MOUSE. Still as much as he loves creating those two characters, Billy still felt that his future was elsewhere. When he began taking classes in his Minor, his interest turned towards the world of Animation, and he interned as a green screen compositor on an Adult Swim show called YOUR PRETTY FACE IS GOING TO HELL. Although he had no desire to work as a compositor, he felt like he learned a lot from that experience. It created the desire to return to the studio atmosphere.
A year after graduating from SCAD Atlanta, Billy took a freelance job as a comic strip artist for a theatrical company, and all three of his strips were published in a theater magazine. It was in 2015 when he decided to revisit storyboards that he had created at SCAD Atlanta and turn them into a short animated film entitled THE OVER THINKING RABBIT.
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While Billy's focus has been on creating two short animated films (THE OVER THINKING RABBIT and THE DOG & THE BOX), he has continued looking for work where they can work on a creative team. He finally achieved that in 2021 when he took a freelance storyboard job on a children's web series called TIBBY, which would earn him his first film credit.
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In late 2023, Billy released his first animated film, THE DOG & THE BOX.